Thursday, September 8, 2011

When I was a young boy a visiting relative asked me if the US was a democracy or a republic. I said democracy. The led to a 30 minute lecture on why we are a constitutional republic. She was correct, of course. The founders never intended for the US to be a democracy. They feared democracy because a true democracy does not have safeguards to protect liberty. Here is a well done video from the Bill of Rights Institute.